Humanity’s most recent common ancestor and so-called genetic isopoint illustrate the surprising connections among our family trees -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Fork-tailed flycatchers make a fluttering sound with their wings—but separate subspecies have different “dialects” of fluttering. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Hyraxes, which live in Africa and the Middle East, punctuate their songs with snorts. And the snorts appear to reflect the animals’ emotional state. Jason G. Goldman reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Hummingbirds in the Peruvian Andes enter a state of torpor at night to conserve energy, dipping their body temperature to as low as 38 degrees Fahrenheit. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The percentage of public school bio teachers who present it as the broad consensus view among scientists—without presenting the creationist “alternative”—has increased... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The finding of a baby dinosaur fossil in the Arctic implies that some dinos nested in the region, which was milder than today but not toasty. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com